Fearless Freaks!

yeah all you hipsters out there may be crying old hat but I am, dear reader, a single father with a career that has me traveling extensively. My point? A few days ago I finally watched the 2005 Flaming Lips documentary The Fearless Freaks on Sundance. I really like music docs as it is and this one-with credit due to filmmaker Bradley Beesley-allows band members to really open up and share their creative, sometimes wacked, personal lives. The level of intimacy achieved in the film is rare in rock. I thoroughly enjoyed its pacing, the stories, the portraits of the band and the interesting people/family members of each. And of course, the music. In addition, it has a real, heartfelt, lovely happy ending. My friend's band Lord Sterling have a record called Today's Song For Tomorrow, and that's just what Wayne Coyne and the Lips are doing: they're making music, as someone says in the movie, for "two years from now." Stay tuned for a funny story courtsey of Jason Silverio of when his friend and bassist Jim B. was on stage with the Lips in one of the bunny costumes. I forget the details.